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26 May 2010 Platyrrhinus recifinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
Valéria da Cunha Tavares, Paúl M. Velazco
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Abstract

Platyrrhinus recifinus (Thomas, 1901) is a medium-sized leaf-nosed fruit bat commonly known as the Recife's broad-nosed bat because of its type locality, in the city of Recife, Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil. Its distribution was originally thought to be circumscribed to the Atlantic rain forests of northeastern and southeastern Brazil but was recently broadened to encompass several locations in the tropical rain forests of South America, including Amazonian records in Guyana and Suriname in northern South America, and Paraná State in southern South America. Individuals of P. recifinus have been captured in primary and secondary forest, and open areas ranging from 200 to 1,530 m in elevation. The conservation status of this species was recently listed as “Least Concern” by The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.

Valéria da Cunha Tavares and Paúl M. Velazco "Platyrrhinus recifinus (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)," Mammalian Species 42(1), 119-123, (26 May 2010). https://doi.org/10.1644/859.1
Published: 26 May 2010
KEYWORDS
Bat
frugivore
phyllostomid
Recife broad-nosed bat
South America
Stenodermatinae
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